Projects

To support investigation of the various stresses that may be contributing to the extensive loss of vegetation in the Quinnipiac tidal marshes and begin to gather data on the relative importance of sub-surface compaction, decompositon in causing elevation loss in this ecosystem.

To offer a short course in river processes to local members of conservation/inland wetland commissions and environmrntal activists.  The course will cover the basic hydrologic, geomorphic, chemical and biological processes that govern stream exosystems, and how they are perturbed by human activities.  Participants will receive the scientific tools that they need in order to understand and critically evaluate environemntal data on the Q River.

To support funding for two aspects of the Quinnipiac River Conservation and Development corridor Project. RPG will develop an inter-municipal agreement between the three lower river communities that will include land-use guidelines and a tax sharing agreement.

To research and analyze the issue of river pollution by landfill leacheates in the Quinnipiac Watershedd, to plan Y begin implementation of "stream team" bio-assessment in two watershed sub-basins, & to improve office as a resource center.

To bioassess the Quinnipiac Headwaters and Tributaries in Southington.

To continue to enhance & update the home page of the Quinnipiac River fund on the World Wide Web to disseminate information regarding the QR and New Haven Harbor ecosystems.

Continued support for the development of a geographic information system for the Quinnipiac River watershed.

To purchase a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in order to conduct studies on the types and levels of organic contaminants in water & tissue of fish & other organisms.